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Letters Patent No. 74,633, dated Fcbrumfy 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT nv MILK-Melis TO ALLdVIIOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, ISAAC'P. TICE, of the city, county, and State ot` New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk-Racks, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in 'w-hi-cj,hv

Figure 1 represents a. side elevation of a milk-raek construetedaecording to my improvement, and

Figure 2 aplan of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

The object of my invention is to furnish a milk-rack or stand, that, Whilst the shelves are of a rotatingV character, they may be movedwith the least possiblc'jar er disturbance of the milk resting thereon; and it con- 'sists in an arrangement of bearings and collars on a stationary shaft, for supportingand steadying the rotating shelves, as hereinafter more fully described. v

' Referring to dthe accompanying drawing, A represents a frame', of any suitable construction, and carrying a vertiealshaft or post, B, on which, and set or hung so as to freely turn or rotate independently of each other, arearranged any required number of tables, stands,'or shelves C, each preferably constructed of armsa, radiating from a boss or hub, b, that, resting on a suitable collar er other support, b, and steadied by a collar, b', also secured to the shaft B above, serves as the centre of rotation for the table round the shaft B; and thearms a being webbed or united, say, by cords or'wires c, wrapped round notched portions, cl, of the arms, or'the tables C being otherwise' suitably constructed to form open-work shelves or stands for support of the pails or-cans, and' giving free Vcirculation of air through them. i p l l Adevice of this character maybe cheaply constructed, and readily. madeby otherthau a skilled workman,V while its use in a dairy will 'be found most advantageous. Thus the consecutive milkings of one or two days may he deposited on the tablesV C, beginning-With the lowest, and, after having stood sufficiently long, be skimmed, without removal of the pails, or without the attendant, of nocessity, changing his position, the facility with 4which the shelves or stands may be separately turned, affording every convenience for putting on and oil' the pails and skimming the milk in them, without disturbing or shaking the whole.

What isv here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-,- i

Thearrangement of the collars or bearings b and collars b on the stationary shaft B, with relation to, and in combination with, the revolving shelves or' stands C, substantially as shown and described for the purpose specified. i

ISAAC P. TICE.

Witnesses:

J. W. CooMBs, A. Ln CLnne. r 

